to day." Thus, like the miller, bold and free, let us rejoice and sing; The days of youth are made for glee, and time is on the wing; This song shall pass from me to thee, along the jovial ring; Let heart and voice and all agree to say, "Long live the king." Lyrics (Version 2) There was a jolly miller once Lived on the River Dee He danced and he sang from morn till night No lark so blithe as he. And this the burden of his song For ever used to be I care for nobody, no, not I, If nobody cares for me. Lyrics (Version 3) There was a jolly miller once Lived on the River Dee; He work'd and sang from morn till night, No lark more blithe than he. And this the burden of his song Forever used to be; I care for nobody, no, not I, If nobody cares for me. Popular culture Rod Steiger, playing serial killer Christopher Gill, whistled "The Miller of Dee" several times in the 1968 film No Way to Treat a Lady. As well as this, Robert Newton sung an alternative version in the 1952 film Blackbeard the Pirate; and it was also sung by Stewart Granger in the 1944 film Love Story. The song is performed briefly in Eugene O'Neill's 1922 play, The Hairy Ape. References English folk songs 18th-century songs 1760s songs